Haageocereus zangalensis
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Haageocereus zangalensis is a species of plant in the genus Haageocereus from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet refers to the distribution area near Zangal in the Peruvian province of Cajamarca .
description
Haageocereus zangalensis grows with branched, spreading, green shoots from the base , which reach a length of 1 to 1.5 meters with a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. There are twelve to 14 ribs that are up to 8 millimeters high and on which there are brown woolly areoles . The ten to twelve strong, needle-like central spines are reddish brown. The approximately 17 needle-like radial spines have a length of 6 to 8 millimeters.
Nothing is known about the flowers and fruits .
Distribution and systematics
Haageocereus zangalensis is common in Peru in the Cajamarca region.
It was first described in 1981 by Friedrich Ritter .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 336 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 265.
- ↑ Cacti in South America: Results of my 20 years of field research . Volume 4, 1981, p. 1424.